Vine-support.



No. 64!,859. Patented Ian. 23, I900. E. A. HENRY.

VINE SUPPORT.

(Application filed Max. 6, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT Grrrcn.

EDWVARD A. HENRY, OF WOODVILLE, TEXAS.

VINE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 641,859, dated January 23, 1900.

Application filed March 6, 1899.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. HENRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woodville,in the county of Tyler and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Vine-Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to arbors or vine-supports,and has forits object to provide a knockdown structure which may be readily set up and form an eflicient and strong support for vines.

To this end the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved arbor. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 isa modified form of vine-support. Fig. 4 isa detail perspective view showing the manner of lengthening the structure. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail perspective View showing the connection of the standards and the transverse beams with the crown-poles.

Like numerals of reference denote like and corresponding parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the arbor comprisesopposite parallel crownpoles or stringers 1, formed of wood, circular in cross-section, and of any desired length. Each of these crown-poles is supported upon a plurality of leg-standards 2, which are provided at their upper ends with detachable screw-eyes 3. These eyes are adapted to receive the respective crown-poles, whereby the standards are slidably mounted upon the poles and are capable of being adjusted longitudinally thereon when setting up the device. After the standards have been adjusted to their proper positions they are held in place by means of staples 4, which are driven into the crown-poles and embrace the screw-eyes of the standards. The crown-poles are connected together by means of transverse beams 5. These beams are provided with detachable eyes at opposite ends and are connected to the crown-poles similarly to the leg-standards. The eyes of the transverse beams are preferably arranged against the eyes of the erial No. 707,941. (No model.)

adjacent leg-standards, and a single staple at each end serves to connect both the beam and the opposite legs to the crown-poles. It will be understood that the standards are pointed at their lower ends, which are driven into the ground. Each standard and transverse beam is provided at its eye end with a ferrule or band 6 to prevent the ends from splitting. The structure thus arranged and set up forms a rectangular arbor, and at opposite ends of each side thereof are provided an inclined brace 7, extending in a longitudinal direction beyond the end of the structure, and an inclined transversely-arranged brace 8. Other transverse braces 8 may be engaged with the respective leg-standards intermediate of the ends of each side, as desired. Each of these braces has an eye 9 provided at its upper end, which is engaged with a single hook or eye 10, provided upon the outer side of the end standard immediately below the crown-pole. Ferrules or bands 11 are also provided upon the upper ends of these braces to prevent splitting of the ends thereof. When the structure has been set up, as described, the braces 7 and 8 brace the device longitudinally and transversely, respectively, in opposite directions, which provides a rigid and substantial structure. The leg standards and transverse beams may be removed from the crown poles and the entire structure folded together into compact form for transportation and storage.

In Fig. 3 is shown a modified form of vinesupport comprising only one crown-pole, and the leg-standards instead of being arranged vertically are spread outward from the pole alternately in opposite directions, forming an inverted-V-shaped structure. The longitudinal braces instead of being connected to the end standards have their eyes fitted to the respective ends of the crown-pole.

One of the ends of each crown-pole is provided with a metallic sleeve or socket 12, extending beyond the extremity of the pole and adapted to receive the end of an adjacent pole, as indicated in Fig. 4, whereby several of the devices may be connected together to form an extended arbor of any desired length.

By the construction and arrangement herein described the present invention provides an exceedingly useful and durable vine-sup port, which can be readily set up and asreadily taken down and folded together for transportation and storage.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claim may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is In a vine-support, the combination with two series of standards, the elements of which are oppositely disposed in pairs, a screw-eye at the upper end of each standard, the eyes of each series lying in alinement, a transverse beam for each pair of standards having a screw-eye at each end in alinement with the eyes of their respective standards, a crownpole passed through the alining eyes of each series of standards and their respective crossbeams, and on which the standards and beams are adapted for oscillatory movement, and a common attaching means connected with each crown-pole and inclosing portions of each standard-eye and its adjacent beam-eye to prevent movement thereof longitudinally of the crown-pole, whereby the standards and cross-beams may be adjusted mutually to lie at different angles.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDXVARD A. HENRY.

Witnesses:

J NO. I-I. KIRBY, E. J. EYRES. 

